Green star polyps not opening!!

[BassMekanik]

I'm having issues with GSPs staying closed as well.

I bought a frag of GSP from a show about a month ago. When I first put it in the tank it was on the sandbed (moderate flow). They did fine for about 4 days then stopped opening. I read online that they don't like to get sand in them so I moved it to my spillwall (high flow), about halfway up in a 30" deep tank. They did great this time for about a week, then stopped opening again. The guy at the LFS said they might be getting too much light. So I moved them to about 3/4 of the way to the bottom on one of the rock structures. This is where they have been for the last 2 weeks and they are still closed.

All of my parameters are good and none of the other corals are acting strange.

I guess at this point I could try brushing them off and moving them again. I was about to give up on them until all of my reading today indicates this is normal behavior.

Any input would be appreciated.

So after 6 months and me basically giving up on this clump of GSP it has come back to life!

I recently did an overhaul on my tank and sold all my coral except for the softies. After re-arranging the rock and placing the GSP frag front and center, it has now begun to open and close as normal and is growing back to its original size.

What a resilient little species!

 

[DolbyDinosaur]

I had a friend who was recently having problems with his GSP despite everything in his tank being in order and all the other inhabitants thriving.

Turns out there was a small colony of GSP eating nudibranches eating them. Go figure eh? Fortunately, they were quite large and easily removed.

 

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mine is like a weed.

 

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